These short exercises should help you learn about finding resources. Please note these guides were written for students at another college (MIT), so the library mentioned in the guides is the Barton Library. You of course will use BCTC's Library.
How to do research
The tutorials below link you to MIT's open course software. You should complete each tutorial and answer the questions at the end. You would be smart to make notes about the strategies you are shown, as you will have pop quizzes in class to test what you have learned. For these tutorials to work you will need to have Flash software installed on your computer.
You can watch any of the anneberg videos we watched in class by going http://www.learner.org/resources/series128.html#|here. You will have to register before you can view the videos, but registration is free. You might even find other programs to help you!
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Introduction
These short exercises should help you learn about finding resources. Please note these guides were written for students at another college (MIT), so the library mentioned in the guides is the Barton Library. You of course will use BCTC's Library.
How to do research
The tutorials below link you to MIT's open course software. You should complete each tutorial and answer the questions at the end. You would be smart to make notes about the strategies you are shown, as you will have pop quizzes in class to test what you have learned. For these tutorials to work you will need to have Flash software installed on your computer.
1. Getting Started 7:45 minutes (SWF - 4MB)
2. Database Search Tips 10:45 minutes (SWF - 7MB)
3. Evaluating Information 7:30 minutes (SWF - 5.7MB)
4.. Using and Creating Citations 4:15 minutes (SWF - 2.8MB)
Useful Links on MLA formatting
MLA Formating Web sites
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/writer_resources/citation_styles/mla/mla.htm
http://www.liu.edu/CWIS/CWP/library/workshop/citmla.htm
http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citmla.htm
APA Formating Web Sites
http://www.liu.edu/CWIS/CWP/library/workshop/citapa.htm
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/Annenberg Video
You can watch any of the anneberg videos we watched in class by going http://www.learner.org/resources/series128.html#|here. You will have to register before you can view the videos, but registration is free. You might even find other programs to help you!SaveCancel
[[kctcsenglish:helpful links#|help on how to format text]]